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It’s difficult to say, from the limited vantage of our present moment, if movie culture is going to return to the “normal” of a pre-COVID world. Yes, theaters are open for business again, and Hollywood has started flooding them with would-be blockbusters once more, banking on audiences being ready to return to the big screen for some big spectacle. But setting aside the possibility of a new spike and a return to quarantine conditions, the lost year of 2020 also seemed to accelerate changes in distribution strategy that were already happening, just a little slower. Which is to say: There’s a good chance that a futu
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Oscars 2021: Nomadland sweeps the Academy Awards - with big wins for British stars Daniel Kaluuya and Emerald Fennell
Zhao, who was born in China, is the first woman of colour to win the
Academy Award for directing, and the second woman in history, after Kathryn Bigelow s triumph 11 years ago for The Hurt Locker.
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Accepting her statuette for her directing, Zhao told the audience at Los Angeles Union Station: I have always found goodness in the people I met, everywhere I went in the world. So this is for anyone who had the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves, and to hold on to the goodness in each other, no matter how difficult it is to do that.
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This year, it is almost anybody’s guess in most categories.
Tonight, we finally get treated to the pandemic-delayed Academy Awards. The outbreak has not only caused a 2-month waiting time, but it also caused allowances to be made for release schedules for qualification, as well as for titles on digital and streaming platforms, a long-reviled outlet the Academy has resisted over the years.
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Other standards have shifted this year as well, as more minority names are seen in the categories, and women comprise one-third of the nominations, an all-time record amount. But this diversity of talent also brings a diversity of worthiness, as well as many lightly-seen films as a result, predictions this year are extremely challenging. But bravely I forge forward, putting myself out there where many are not interested in going (based on the ratings erosion over the
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